Out now is Fat Dog’s new sin­gle Go F*** Urself, on Domi­no Records. The song is unveiled just in time for fes­ti­val sea­son, join­ing the rest of the Fat Dog canon of par­ty bangers. There’s a boun­cy 80s pop thread run­ning through it with propul­sive beats while vocal­ist Joe Love intones the som­bre vocals: “Some jok­ers play the same old game / No one to annoy / Find a mir­ror and the per­son to blame.” It’s an ode to escapism when the thing you are try­ing to escape is yourself.

Fat Dog are about to head out on an exten­sive tour in the UK and Europe, dates below. Joe Love is a mag­net­ic front man who puts a lot of ener­gy into his per­for­mance – he’s not shy about jump­ing off the stage and min­gling with fans either. Next week they’ll be play­ing at Beard­ed The­o­ry fes­ti­val (below); the band played a cur­tailed show last year due to an audi­ence mem­ber being tak­en ill, so this will be a wel­come return appearance.

UK and Ire­land Tour dates – for all Europe dates check the band’s web­site
Sat 16th May – Get Togeth­er, Sheffield
Sat 23rd May – Shindig Fes­ti­val, Malmes­bury
Sun 24th May – Beard­ed The­o­ry, Der­byshire
Sat 27th June – Crys­tal Palace Park, Lon­don, UK (sup­port­ing Kneecap)
Sat 29th August – Rock’n’Roll Cir­cus, Sheffield
Sat 5th Sep­tem­ber – End of the Road Fes­ti­val, Larmer Tree Gar­dens
Sat 14th Novem­ber – Vic­to­ria Ware­house, Man­ches­ter
Tue 24th Novem­ber – Depot, Cardiff
Wed 18th Novem­ber – Whe­lans, Dublin
Thu 19th Novem­ber – Whe­lans, Dublin
Wed 25th Novem­ber – O2 Acad­e­my, Bris­tol
Thu 26th Novem­ber – O2 Insti­tute, Birm­ing­ham
Fri 27th Novem­ber – O2 Acad­e­my, Leeds
Sat 28th Novem­ber – Old Fruit­mar­ket, Glas­gow
Thu 3rd Decem­ber – Rock City, Nottingham

Fat Dog – Sin­gle Go F*** Urself out now on Domi­no Records
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